This has been discussed here.
Also, it just came to me, maybe it should just be entered as a release event under the same release?
In my opinion, we shouldnât be merging these two because one is official and one is promotional. I think thatâs a significant enough difference between the two.
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I wouldnât think pre-release in this case means that the release type should be set to âpromotionâ instead of âofficialâ, but the guidelines suggest that. Perhaps we can get more clarification on this? Pinging @reosarevok
Moreover, the release is a digital format, so there are no physical differences (afaik not even different cover art, not sure about catno and barcode), so I am inclined to believe itâs the same release.
Edit: Additionally, I found out that very likely itâs not a pre-release being released on 06-06-2017, but instead it was Tokyo Machineâs single âRock Itâ released on this day alongside a pre-order for this release according to http://monstercat.wikia.com/wiki/ROCK_IT.
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These are just digital tracklists.
If everything is the same including cover art, I would merge them, knowing that both release events (dates) will be kept in target release.
The one thing that might be an argument against merging them is if either version came/comes with some sort of extras the other doesnât, and from @culinkoâs edit, that might have been the case. Digital releases are definitely harder to draw lines between, but Iâd pnrsonally consider extra files to be more than different enough âpackagingâ.
Either way, and digital or physical I wouldnât count a prerelease on its own as being sufficient reason to add a separate release. If, however, there is something else that warrents doing so, then it definitely seems like it would be a Promotion to me.
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if either version came/comes with some sort of extras the other doesnât, and from @culinkoâs edit, that might have been the case.
@WovenTales Can I ask how did you conclude from my edit that there is an extra content on the pre-order for the release? I only pointed out that Tokyo Machineâs single âRock Itâ was released on 06-06-2017 and the pre-purchase was available starting from the same date (06-06-2017), which was the date chosen as the release date for the pre-release added to MB. To me it seems that there is only one release and it was able to be purchased before its original date, so there is no need for an extra release in MB.
The only thing I am not sure is if the pre-purchase release date should remain alongside the regular release date as well, but I donât mind either way.
Sorry, I read your comment as âyou could preorder the album starting on this date, and if you did so before the official release date, you got the single as a bonus alongside itâ, and was thinking of that along the lines of an extra disc slipped into a physical release. Since thatâs not actually the case, I definitely agree that thereâs only a single release. I would also say that the pre-purchase date doesnât matter â just because you sent the store money ahead of time, you didnât get your downloads until later, and we only really care about that second date. Might be something to put into the annotation in case we get some better field for it, but I donât personally see too much purpose in having it in the sidebar.
Actually, I searched some more and found slightly conflicting info. Some of the sites such as Monstercatâs twitter would word the announcement as following (https://twitter.com/Monstercat/status/872150197043953665):
And Here We Go! @tokyomachine âROCK ITâ launches the preorder for @RocketLeague X Monstercat Vol 1. today!
Monstercat.lnk.to/RockIt
The link points to streaming services for the Tokyo Machineâs single âRock Itâ and to stores for the âRocket League x Monstercat, Vol. 1â album.
But some sites would word it as following (Rocket League Teams Up with Monstercat for All-New OST | Your EDM):
The album is available for pre-order now and comes with an exclusive download of âROCK ITâ by Tokyo Machine (the song from Rocket Leagueâs 2nd anniversary update trailer)
However, the song is already present on the album, so why would they add it as an exclusive download as well? I think they just worded it poorly, because according to google search, only 4 unique sites display it this way (literally the same copy-pasted wording template). I might be wrong, though.
A pre-order usually means you pay now, but canât download 'til release day. The bonus single could have been an immediate download as more encouragement to pre-order.
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